The Process for Applying for a Large Scale Mining Permit

A large scale mining operation would include mining operations that mine over a certain amount of acres (ten acres for example) disturbance and that extract over a certain amount of tons (this varies from state to state and country to country) per year as well as any sort of operation in which cyanide or chemical or biological leaching agents are to be utilized. This can be carried out by presenting a request for determination of particular, special, critical, or exclusive lands around sixty days before submitting the permit application. 

• A large scale mine permit application will need to be submitted. 
• A certification of applicant form will need to be submitted. 
• An application fee will need to be submitted. 
• A map showing the site of the mining operation, as well as projected roads or the routes in which it can be accessed will need to be submitted.
• Wildlife, vegetation, soil, and archaeological surveys will need to be submitted.
• Address applicable laws and regulations will need to be looked into. 
• A reclamation bond in a quantity to be resolute by the department to cover authentic costs of reclamation that would be sustained by the state to appoint a third party contractor to carry out reclamation will need to be submitted.

Obtaining a large scale mining permit can take a good amount of time (this obviously varies from state to state and country to country), in some places it can take anywhere from one to two years.